(The Center Square) — Arlington County was one of four among 54 applicants worldwide this year to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum certification, a designation awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council.
LEED is a set of ever-evolving criteria used to evaluate a community's buildings, waste management, water, transportation, energy and natural systems according to sustainability standards and practices.
“Arlington County was evaluated on its open-space planning, solid-waste management, stormwater management, affordable-housing planning and public schools – the key areas measured for social, economic and environmental sustainability,” according to a statement from the county. Certification alone is a high bar, partly because LEED is continually revising and improving its standards, making it more and more challenging to attain – which Dorsey thinks is good.
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